Drill, Hearth, and Drill-bow

PART OF:: Bryant and May collection of fire-making appliances.

Made:: Bow and Bow and

Drill, Hearth, and Drill-bow (lengths 10 3/4 ins, 13 1/2 ins, and 16 ins), with Mouthpiece, as used by the Eskimo; the bow formed from the rib of a caribou; the mouthpiece formed from a vertebra of the same animal. North America.

Details

Category:: Firemaking

Object Number:: 1937-682/75

type:: hearths

credit:: Wilkinson Sword Ltd.

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